So i went to see von Triers new film Antichrist on friday with Chris. The reviews and rumous i had heard got me pretty excited and pretty nervous at the same time about it. Hearing that it was booed badly at cannes and that it was essentially just a gorefest didn't make me think lets not see this but made me want to see it more, just like how i want to go to see Colin a new zombie film made for a mere £45 when it comes out in october.
So we arrived at the cinema and there was a disclaimer form placed next to the till to warn viewers that what they were about to see was rated 18 for a reason, and it stated this reasons with an A4 sized page of the different things that occur in the film. How good, i thought, it is going to be and it must be for there to be a disclaiimer form before you see it.
It is the story of a man and wife who lose their child during an act of coitus. It deals with the the trauma and emotions these parents must go through. To recover they retreat to a safe haven called 'eden'. Obviously this is a reference to Christian religion and i feel this is what the film is about. The film is about an Anti-eden, a paradise that is not what the bible described as made by god but rather one which was made and is ruled by satan.
